University of Alaska Press Fall 2019 Catalog
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On the cover: Armor and Ornament by Christopher Lee Miles (p. 3). Cover art The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car), Albrecht DĂźrer. Photograph of a 1522 woodcut. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/ collection/search/359787
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Armor & Ornament CHRISTOPHER LEE MILES September 72 p. | 6 x 9 978-1-60223-387-4 978-1-60223-388-1 (ebook) Paper $16.95 Poetry
Christopher Lee Miles traces the contours of his faith, or lack of it, trying to find his way by the light of images that often lead him astray. In a strange and at times undevotional landscape of lyrics that are always trying and always failing to embrace a paradox they cannot define, these poems explore the loss and gain of sacred desire. Scrawled against a background of militaristic and agricultural violence, Armor & Ornament is the record of the hearings of a nearly-deaf ear listening for a God whose first language, Thomas Keating writes, is silence. Christopher Lee Miles was raised on a farm in southeastern Minnesota. He served four years in the U.S. Navy and was deployed, onboard the USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. His poems have appeared in the Cincinnati Review; Salamander; Sugar-house Review; War, Literature & the Arts; and West Branch. He currently works with rural Alaskan and Alaska Native students at Interior Alaska Campus.
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Alaska Codfish Chronicle
A History of the Pacific Cod Fishery in Alaska JAMES MACKOVJAK August 574 p. | 6 x 9 978-1-60223-389-8 978-1-60223-390-4 (ebook) Paper $29.95 History
James Mackovjak has been involved with Alaska’s fisheries since he first arrived in Alaska in 1969, working as a commercial fisherman and operating a small fish-processing business at Gustavus, in Southeast Alaska. In 2013, Mackovjak received the Alaska Historical Society’s Pathfinder Award in recognition of his books Tongass Timber: A History of Logging and Timber Utilization in Southeast Alaska, Aleutian Freighter: A History of Shipping in the Aleutian Islands Area, and Alaska Salmon Traps.
Cod is one of the most widely consumed fish in the world. For many years, Atlantic cod took center stage, but today, partly because of climate change and overfishing, it’s likely that the cod on your kitchen table or in your fish sandwich is a product of Alaska’s Pacific cod fishery. Alaska Codfish Chronicle is the first comprehensive history of that fishery. The book begins by describing the biology of the Pacific cod and looking at how indigenous Alaskans utilized the fish. It then chronicles the cod fishery’s early history, during which cod were primarily caught by lone men fishing with handlines from dories. Next, the book describes the years following World War II, when foreign fishing fleets “invaded” Alaska’s coastal waters. Americanization—a complex, freewheeling process under which domestic fishing fleets replaced the foreign fleets—followed. A simultaneous (and continuing goal) was to rationalize the fisheries: essentially, to bring domestic fish-catching and fish-processing capabilities into balance with the available fish resources, and to manage the fisheries in a manner that fostered fishing an sh-processing operations that were efficient, ecologically sound, and sustainable. Today, the Pacific cod fishery is—in terms of species and volume—the second-largest fishery in Alaska and is considered among the bestmanaged fisheries in the world.
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Alaska in the Progressive Age
A Political History, 1896–1916 THOMAS ALTON September 296 p. | 6 x 9 978-1-60223-384-3 978-1-60223-385-0 (ebook) Paper $24.95 American History
Thomas Alton worked as an editor at the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Now retired, he continues to live and write in Fairbanks. He contributed to The Tanana Chiefs: Native Rights and Western Law, also from the University of Alaska Press.
The growth of modern-day Alaska began with the Klondike gold discovery in 1896. Over the course of the next two decades, as prospectors, pioneers, and settlers rushed in, Alaska developed its agricultural and mineral resources, birthed a structure of highway and railroad transportation, and founded the Alaska cities we know today. All this activity occurred alongside the Progressive Age in American politics. It was a time of widespread reform, as Progressive politicians took on the powerful business trusts and enacted sweeping reforms to protect workers and consumers. Alaska in the Progressive Age looks at how this national movement affected the Alaska territory. Though the reigning view is that Alaska was neglected and even abused by the federal government, Alton argues that from 1896 to 1916 the territory benefited richly in the age of Progressive Democracy. As the population of Alaska grew, Congress responded to the needs of the nation’s northern possession, giving the territory a delegate to Congress, a locally elected legislature, and ultimately in 1914, the federally funded Alaska Railroad. Much has been written about the development of modern-day Alaska, especially in terms of the Gold Rush and the origins of the Alaska Railroad. But this is the first history to put this era in the context of Progressive Age American politics. This unexplored look at how Progressivism reached the furthest corners of the United States is an especially timely book as the Progressive Movement shows signs of affecting Alaska again. 7
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How to Lobby Alaska State Government CLIVE S. THOMAS October 420 p. | 5.5 x 8 978-1-60223-395-9 978-1-60223-396-6 (ebook) Paper $24.95 Law
Clive S. Thomas is a senior fellow at the Foley Institute of Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University. He spent thirty years in Alaska teaching politics and consulting
Lobbying is about getting the right message to the right people in the right form at the right time. Even the most persuasive arguments or most influential groups will come up short if they aren’t combined with personal connections and an understanding of human nature. How to Lobby Alaska State Government is a guide to the essentials of organizing and implementing a lobbying campaign in Alaska that recognizes how you lobby is as important as who you lobby. This book starts by helping new lobbyists to think politically, by explaining the structure and operation of state government, the psychology and needs of public officials, and where the power lies in Juneau—who’s got political clout. How to Lobby then moves into the nitty-gritty of a lobbying campaign. It covers the basics of group influence, campaign planning and management, the pros and cons of various group tactics, tips on face-to-face meetings, and the challenges of lobbying day-to-day. In addition to extensive guidance on what to do, this book also emphasizes the things to avoid that will undermine or eliminate a lobbyist’s chances of success. Pragmatic and portable, this book will be valuable to new and professional lobbyists both, and anyone looking for fresh perspectives on this important business.
for many lobby groups. Thomas is the author of Alaska Politics and Public Policy: The Dynamics of Beliefs, Institutions, Personalities, and Power, also published by the University of Alaska Press. 9
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The Making of an Ecologist My Career in Alaska Wildlife Management and Conservation DAVID R. KLEIN
EDITED BY KAREN BREWSTER July 544 p. | 7 x 10 978-1-60223-391-1 978-1-60223-392-8 (ebook) Paper $34.95 Biography
David R. Klein is professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was leader of the Alaska Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Alaska from 1962 until 1991, and then a senior scientist with the unit until his retirement in 1997. He is the author of more than 125 published articles, papers, and book chapters.
This is an innovative and collaborative life history of one of Alaska’s pioneering wildlife biologists. David R. Klein has been a leader in promoting habitat studies across wildlife research in Alaska, and this is his first-hand account of how science and biological fieldwork has been carried out in Alaska in the last sixty years. This book tells the stories of how Klein did his science and the inspiration behind the research, while exposing the thinking that underlies particular scientific theories. In addition, this book shows the evolution of Alaska’s wildlife management regimes from territorial days to statehood to the era of big oil. The first portion of the book is comprised of stories from Klein’s life collected during oral history interviews, while the latter section contains essays written by Klein about philosophical topics of importance to him, such as eco-philosophy, the definition of wilderness, and the morality of hunting. Many of Klein’s graduate students have gone on to become successful wildlife managers themselves, in Alaska and around the globe. Through The Making of an Ecologist, Klein’s outlook, philosophy, and approach toward sustainability, wildlife management, and conservation can now inspire even more readers to ensure the survival of our fragile planet in an ever-changing global society.
Karen Brewster is a research associate with the Oral History Program at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. 11
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Akulmiut Neqait Fish and Food of the Akulmiut ANN FIENUP-RIORDAN, MARIE MEADE, AND ALICE REARDEN August 496 p. | 7 x 10 978-1-60223-386-7 Paper $34.95 Anthropology
Ann Fienup-Riordan has lived and worked in Alaska since 1973. She has written and edited more than twenty books on Yup’ik history and oral traditions. Her most recent book with the University of Alaska Press is Qanemcit Amllertut/Many Stories to Tell: Tales of Humans and Animals from Southwest Alaska. Marie Meade is a fluent Yup’ik speaker and an expert translator. She teaches Yup’ik at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
For centuries, the Akulmiut people—a Yup’ik group—have been sustained by the annual movements of whitefish. It is a food that sustains and defines them. To this day, many Akulmiut view their actions in the world, as well as their interactions with each other, as having a direct and profound effect on these fish. Not only are fish viewed as responding to human action and intention in many contexts, but the lakes and rivers fish inhabit are likewise viewed as sentient beings, with the ability to respond both positively and negatively to those who travel there. This bilingual book details the lives of the Akulmiut living in the lake country west of Bethel, Alaska, in the villages of Kasigluk, Nunapitchuk, and Atmautluak. Akulmiut Neqait is based in conversations recorded with the people of these villages as they talk about their uniquely Yup’ik view of the world and how it has weathered periods of immense change in southwest Alaska. While many predicted that globalization would sound the death knoll for many distinctive traditions, these conversations show that Indigenous people all over the planet have sought to appropriate the world in their own terms. For all their new connectedness, the continued relevance of traditional admonitions cannot be denied.
Alice Rearden is a fluent Yup’ik speaker, and the primary translator and oral historian for the Alaska Council for Exceptional Children. 13
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Drivers of Landscape Change in the Northwest Boreal Region EDITED BY AMANDA L. SESSER, AIMEE P. ROCKHILL, DAWN R. MAGNESS, DON REID, JOHN DELAPP, PHIL BURTON, ERIC SCHROFF, VALERIE BARBER, AND CARL MARKON November 312 p. | 7 x 10 978-1-60223-397-3 978-1-60223-392-8 (ebook) Paper $29.95 Science
The northwest boreal region (NWB) of North America is a land of extremes. Extending more than 330 million acres, it encompasses the entire spectrum between inundated wetlands below sea level to the tallest peak in North America. Permafrost gradients span from nearly continuous to absent. Boreal ecosystems are inherently dynamic and continually change over decades to millennia. The braided rivers that shape the valleys and wetlands continually change course, creating and removing vast wetlands and peatlands. Glacial melt, erosion, fires, permafrost dynamics, and wind-blown loess are among the shaping forces of the landscape. As a result, species interactions and ecosystem processes are shifting across time. The NWB is a data-poor region, and the intention of the NWB Landscape Conservation Cooperative is to determine what data are not available and what data are available. The size and remoteness of this region make it challenging to measure basic biological information, such as species population sizes or trends. The paucity of weather and climate monitoring stations also compound the ability to model future climate trends and impacts, which is part of the nature of working in the north. The purpose of this volume is to create a resource for regional land and resource managers and researchers by synthesizing the latest research on the historical and current status of landscapescale drivers and ecosystem processes, future projected changes of each, and the effects of changes on important resources. Generally, each chapter is coauthored by researchers and land and natural resource managers from the United States and Canada. 15
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Gyotaku Prints of Fish and Crustaceans in Southeast Alaska JULIA TINKER 978-1-60223-378-2 Paper $40.00
During-the-Event ROGER WALL 978-1-60223-382-9 978-1-60223-383-6 (ebook) Paper $21.95
The Big Wild Soul of Terrence Cole An Eclectic Collection to Honor Alaska’s Public Historian EDITED BY FRANK SOOS AND MARY F. EHRLANDER 978-1-60223-380-5 978-1-60223-381-2 (ebook) Paper $19.95
The Thousand-Mile War
Outside in the Interior
Water Mask
World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians BRIAN GARFIELD 978-0-912006-83-3 978-1-60223-117-7 (ebook) Paper $24.95
An Adventure Guide for Central Alaska, 2nd edition KYLE JOLY 978-1-60223-280-8 Paper $26.95
MONICA DEVINE 978-1-60223-372-0 978-1-60223-373-7 (ebook) Paper $16.95
Alaska Trees and Shrubs
Cool Plants for Cold Climates
Be-Hooved
2nd Edition LESLIE A. VIERECK & ELBERT J. LITTLE, JR. 978-1-889963-86-0 978-1-60223-132-0 (ebook) Paper $24.95
A Garden Designer's Perspective BRENDA ADAMS 978-1-60223-325-6 978-1-60223-326-3 (ebook) Paper $35.00
poems MAR KA 978-1-60223-376-8 978-1-60223-377-5 (ebook) Paper $16.95
ROXANNE BELTRAN AND PATRICK ROBINSON 978-1-60223-331-7 Cloth $15.95
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Little Whale
Adventures In and Out of Time RAY HUDSON 978-1-60223-346-1 978-1-60223-347-8 (ebook) Paper $16.95
A Story of the Last Tlingit War Canoe ROY A. PERATROVICH, JR. 978-1-60223-295-2 978-1-60223-296-9 (ebook) Paper $16.95
Permafrost Permafrost is the farthest north literary journal in the world and is published annually by the graduate students in the UAF Department of English. For submission information and subscription rates, visit www.permafrostmag.com or email editor@permafrostmag.com.
Tidal Echoes Tidal Echoes is a literary and art journal that showcases the art and writing of Southeast Alaskans. The journal is published by the University of Alaska Southeast and edited by undergraduate students on the Juneau campus. It may be purchased for $5 from Emily Wall at edwall@alaska.edu.
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Fighter in Velvet Gloves Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich ANNIE BOOCHEVER WITH ROY PERATROVICH JR. Available now Published February 2019 128 p. | 6 x 9 978-1-60223-370-6 978-1-60223-371-3 (ebook) Paper $16.95 Teen Non-fiction
“No Natives Allowed!” The sign blared at the young Tlingit girl from southeast Alaska. The sting of those words stayed with Elizabeth Peratrovich all her life. They also made her determined to work for change. In 1945, when Elizabeth was 34 years old, she gave a powerful speech before a packed session of the Alaska Territorial Legislature. Her testimony about the evils of racism crowned years of work by Alaska Native people and their allies and led to passage of Alaska’s landmark Anti-Discrimination Act, nearly two decades before President Lyndon Johnson signed the US Civil Rights Act of 1964. Today, Alaskans honor Elizabeth Peratrovich (1911–1958) every year on February 16 “for her courageous, unceasing efforts to eliminate discrimination and bring about equal rights in Alaska.” (Alaska Statutes 44.12.065). Annie Boochever worked with Elizabeth’s eldest son, Roy Peratrovich Jr., to bring Elizabeth’s story to life in the first book written for young teens on this remarkable Alaska Native woman.